Flatiron-handle cooler



W. H. HAWKES FLATIRON HANDLE COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11, 1920.

1,372,429. Patented Mar. 22,1921.

il/ ////l A l INVENTOR 2s 25 Emma/7M6,

BY if) 111%)8 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HAWKES, OF SOUTH N YACK, NEW YORK.

FLATIRON-HANDLE, COOLER.

specifier-ion of Letters nt. Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed 0ctober 11,1920. Serial no. 416,311.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H; Hawnns, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of South Nyack, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flatiron-Handle Coolers of which the following is a specification.

The main purpose of this invention is to provide a portable device for cooling the handles of flat irons, as used for laundry work, in a convenient, effective and rapid manner, and also their bodies, if desired, from the back toward the face.

A further object is to arrange the parts so as to be. easily operated, in connection with ordinary pails or buckets of varying sizes and without interfering with other uses of the same. 3

Another object is to provide meanswhereby the cooling medium, as water, is protected from the entrance of dirt, dust and the like, and the liquid prevented from splashing or issuing in the form of spray or steam during the cooling operation.

These and other analogous objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a component part of this disclosure, and in which t Figure 1 is a plan View of a cooler made in accordance with the invention, the cover portion being shown in an open position.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevational, partial vertical sectional view thereof, the sec tion being taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on a line corresponding to 33 of Fig. 1, and showing, in broken lines, the cover in a partly raised position.

Fig. 4. is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken longitudinally through one of the connecting elements.

Referring to the drawings in detail the numeral '10 designates the body of an ordinary commercial type of flat iron, such as is commonly used in laundries for smoothing miscellaneous articles made of textile fabric, the iron having a pointed front end 11 and being provided. with a rigid fixed metal handle 12.

In carrying out the invention use is made of a common pail or bucket of conventional form, generally indicated by the numeral 15, the same being preferably made of galvanized sheet iron, in order to present sta bility and avoid rust, a bail 17 being attached by cars 18 riveted upon opposite sides to extend slightly outward and above the rim of thepail.

The device consists of a pair of plates 20 having outstanding lugs 21 adapted to contact on both sides of each ear 18, these lugs being slightly curved to extend over the beading at the rim of the pail, holding the plates in adjustment.

These plates are secured by rivetsQQ to another pair of segmental plates 22:5, their outer curved edges conforming approximately with the circumference of the pail upon the edge of which they rest, while the inner edges are straight and converge toward one side of the pail, their front inner corners being curvedas showni A semi-circular cover plate 2d extends over and connects the plates 23 by nieans of slots 25 and 26 formed tangentially, respectively in the segmental plates 23 and cover plate 2%, the same being held in operative. relation by loose, double headed rivets 27 passing freely throughthe registering slots. The front edge of the cover plate 2e1- is straight, positioned off, or to one side of, the center of the pail and is formed into one of the elements of the hinge 28 used to connect the swinging cover plate 30, which,

when turned down over the pail, in combination with the fixed cover plate 24, effects a complete closure, and to provide means for convenient manipulation a handle 31 is secured to its upper surface, centrally of its curved, free edge.

Fixed upon the lower side of the swinging cover, adjacent the hinge, are a pair of angles 32 disposed convergingly, their central.

plane being parallel with the hinge 28 and their opposed overhanging elements 33 spaced to receive betweenthein the handle 12 of the iron, its point 11 being entered below these elements so as to be supported by them when. the cover is reversed in closing.

A stop 35 is secured to the plate 30 near the converging ends of. the angles, thereby limiting the entry of the iron.

In operation, the pail is partially filled with water so that the handle 12 will be immersed when the cover is closed, a larger quantity of water being supplied if it is de sired to cool the upper part of the iron.

When the cover is open the iron can be inserted in an obvious manner; as the center of gravity is Well within the outline of the pail it will be firmly and securely supported and by operating the handle the iron is reversed and the cover closed thus preventing splashing of the Water or emanation of steam, the latter being condensed on the cover and returned to the pail.

When the cover is closed it will be evi dent that dust and dirt cannot enter to foul the water.

As the fixed cover is disposed over less than half of the top area of the pail it does not interfere with its use for other purposes and due to the peculiar connections between thefixed cover plate and the segmental sup ports, the device can be used upon pails iif fering considerably in diameter.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative rather than restrictive or limitative, as minor modilications may be made, not necessitating the exertion of invention, and without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims:

1. In a flat iron cooler, the combination with a pail, of a partial coverengageable with the ears of the pail, a complementary 'cover hinged to said partial cover; and

means on said complementary cover receptive-of-a fiat iron. 7

2. In a fiat iron cooler the combination witha pail, a fixed partial cover element, plates engageablewith the ears of said pail, means for adjusting said cover relative to said plates, a movable cover element hinged to saidfixed cover element, a handle on said movable element, and a pair of converg- .plates containmg slots,

ing overhanging supports secured to said movable element adapted to receive a fiat iron.

3. In a fiat iron cooler, the combination with a pail, of a hingedly joined sectional cover, means for adjustably engaging one of the sections to the rim of the pail, means for manipulating the other of the sections, and holding means receptive of an iron carried by the last named cover section.

4. A flat iron cooler comprising, in combination with a pail, a sectional cover removably engaged therewith, the sections being of different area, means for adjusting the smaller of said sections, a hinge connecting said sections, said hinge being disposed at one side of the center of said pail, overhanging converging supports fixed to the larger of said sections, the central plane be tween said supports being parallel to said hinge and means for operating the last named section.

5. A. fiat iron cooler comprisin in combination with a pail, a cover comprised oi. two plate sections, one being larger than the other, a hinge connecting the adjacent edges of said sections, segmental plates having lugs engaging the ears of said pail, said 7 securing means passing through the slots and registering slots in the smaller cover section, means for maneuvering the larger of said sections and means carried on one surface of the larger section engageable with a fiat iron.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM H. HAlVKES. 

